Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dail Mo Choid, Fortingall
Grid reference
NN 740 460 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
274000 746000
Latitude
56.589081988176694
Longitude
-4.051959714432456
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Clach Mo-Luchaig, Fortingall (0.62 miles)
Fortingall, parish (0.63 miles)
Dail Chiarain, Fortingall (0.88 miles)
Croftmartaig, settlement, Kenmore (1.79 miles)
Cladh Chiarain, Fortingall (1.89 miles)
Object Classification
Field
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the area around Duneaves farm-steading, since Watson (Lyon Basin, 200) identifies this place as 'on the farm of Duneaves'. This is close to the pre-1891 Fortingall/Kenmore parish boundary, and it is not clear on which side of the boundary the 'dail' lay. Given the dedication to Mo Choid (Céti, Coeddi), the patron saint of Kenmore, this may suggest that it was a boundary marker for Kenmore parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Fortingall, parish
Within Kenmore, parish (formerly Inchadney) (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dail Mo Choid
Head name
Dail Mo Choid
Place
Dail Mo Choid, Fortingall
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Dail Mo Choid 1930, Watson, Lyon Basin
Historic formDail Mo Choid Head nameDail Mo Choid PlaceDail Mo Choid, Fortingall Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceWatson, Lyon Basin, 200 Date of citation1930 x 1930 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis article was reprinted in W.J. Watson, 'Scottish Place-Name Papers' (London 2002), and references to the article refer to page-numbers in the 2002 reprint. |
Source code
Watson, Lyon Basin
Author
W. J. Watson
Source title
The Place-Names of Perthshire: The Lyon Basin
Journal
Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness
Volume
35
Year
1930
Notes
This article was reprinted in W.J. Watson, 'Scottish Place-Name Papers' (London 2002), and references to the article refer to page-numbers in the 2002 reprint.
Saints in this place-name
Cóeti, Mo Ched (ns) (certain)
Cóeti of Iona (certain)
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